PRESS RELEASE Leuven, February 1, 2011 LEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING On April 27th, 1971 Vice Chancellor Guido Declercq of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven established a foundation called ‘Universitaire Pers Leuven’, in English named ‘Leuven University Press’ and in French ‘Presses Universitaires de Louvain’. The purpose of the foundation was “to spread knowledge and support academic research by publishing works, series and periodicals, all in the broadest sense.” This year Leuven University Press celebrates its 40th anniversary! Anniversary Offer 40 years Leuven University Press To celebrate its 40th anniversary, all customers of Leuven University Press enjoy a special anniversary offer from February 1, 2011 until May, 31, 2011. Bookshops and libraries receive 4% extra discount and individuals get free shipping. Furthermore Leuven University Press gives away every fortnight a free copy of a book. More information about the anniversary offer is available at www.lup.be An academic press of international standing Over the years Leuven University Press has stayed true to its commitment to disemminate scholarly knowledge and has grown into an ambitious academic press of international standing. All publications are submitted to peer review by an independent editorial board and a network of specialist readers. Leuven University Press is a full member of the 'Association of American University Presses' and a founding member of the 'Association of European University Presses'. Extensive fund on various topics Today the press has almost thousand books in print, in fields including art, music, religion, philosophy, history, medieval studies, anthropology, psychology, politics, and culture. We publish approximately forty new titles a year by national and international authors. About half of our books are in English and/or combined European languages (French, German, Italian); the remaining volumes are in Dutch. The most important series and monographs from Leuven University Press are: - the reference work Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Syntaxis - the serie Jean-François Lyotard, Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists - the textbook Economie. Een inleiding - the text editions Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Series 1, 2 en 3 - the journal Humanistica Lovaniensia: Journal of Neo-Latin Studies - the series in cooperation with K.U.Leuven departments LGC, KADOC and LINC - the series in cooperation with The Orpheus Research Centre in Music [ORCiM] - the new series ‘Plutarchea Hypomnemata’ More information about the publications of Leuven University Press is available at www.lup.be Internationally available In order to reach a large academic audience, Leuven University Press uses an international distribution network. Bookshops in the Netherlands can order through Centraal Boekhuis. In the UK, Ireland, Denemark, Sweden, Norway and Finland we are represented by University Presses Marketing and distributed by NBN International. In the USA and Canada all English titles are distributed, promoted and sold through Cornell University Press. Leuven University Press also makes use of digital solutions that Google Books, Amazon and ebrary have to offer.

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